I remember a piece of advice from a database professor of mine--one of the greatest skills you can have in your career is learning how to say a lot while really saying nothing. MysteryMan seems to have honed this down to a science.

At the end of the day, no matter how well your code runs, how smooth the loading is, or whatever other behind-the-scenes junk goes on, the fact is that Alteil is still:

A: a game that depends on the extravagant spending of a select few, resulting in B: very poor return for spending

and due to the constraining nature of only 25 cards and 5 soul skills, we have

C: a very rock paper scissors environment, resulting in D: a very poor competitive environment, despite Folrart being a place that only rewards winning.

So long as the underlying issues of accessibility and skill-testing aren't solved, we're going to have problems.

Also, the whole thing about "get 'em while they're near recycle rate before we make their price really crappy" rubs me the wrong way. If they're not recyclable for cost, then why even worry that someone is going to get an incomplete file? Perhaps the only complete meta-grade file in there is the serpent pre-built. The EN has no dagons, Gafc SSs, Fierte SS, or Eskatia (or even 3 succubus iirc). The carbuncles have no jade IIRC and certainly not amethyst eater.

Ditto EX packs. Why make someone pay 400 gran if they only want one card in there? For instance, I'd really like to test out the EX Fenrir, but have absolutely no need for the Marchhare dollsin.

Similarly, the fact that you have to buy these cards without even getting to try them at first is IMO terrible, because in theory they can be one thing, and in practice, different.

They are in a very risky financial situation, you can't blame them for trying to venture into a new marketing tactic when previous attempts to improve CpC (such as pre-builts) have resulted in disastrous loss of net revenue. I understand what you guys are saying as well, but there are two sides to this coin.

Romdeau wrote:They are in a very risky financial situation, you can't blame them for trying to venture into a new marketing tactic when previous attempts to improve CpC (such as pre-builts) have resulted in disastrous loss of net revenue. I understand what you guys are saying as well, but there are two sides to this coin.

While this is certainly true, you also have to understand a good majority of Alteil NA's management caused this to happen as well, regardless of how much "permission" one needed from the masters overseas. I understand Logress' hands were tied behind his back in quite a few situations but as the head of Alteil NA's running, the responsibility falls to him in the end to answer for what we feel we have been wronged on. The result of said management is that now Alteil NA is in a dire situation and they are begging for "donations" and "funding revenue" which would be okay IF they had actually changed what the consumer base has been asking for the past three years and then proceeded to ask for support.